Leaning on their own arms

Positioned upright, a baby somewhere in this window may stay sitting without leaning forward on their arms. This one offers the position and puts something worth looking at in front of it — then lets them do whatever they do with it: hands down, hands up, or a slow lean into your knee.

🛡️ A baby propped in a sit topples without warning — sideways, backwards, or forward onto the face — and the fall is the hazard here, not the sitting. Keep it on a firm floor with cushions on every side, never on a bed, a sofa or anything raised, and stay within arm's reach the entire time. Leaning forward onto their own arms is part of sitting; a trunk that sags with no weight left in the arms, a face that ends up down against a cushion, or fussing, is the end of the go — lift them clear and lie them down.